scholarly journals Occupational safety and health risks of producing selected materials for solar-energy technologies: a preliminary report

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Crowther ◽  
H. Thode, Jr. ◽  
P. Moskowitz ◽  
S. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Safety And Health

Operating Engineers and the OSHA Silica Standard: A Survey of Union Trainers

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 530-535
Author(s):  
Grace Barlet ◽  
Rosemary K. Sokas ◽  
Eileen Betit
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Silica Exposure ◽  
Engineering Control ◽  
Heavy Equipment ◽  
Safety And Health

Enclosed cabs with filtration systems, an engineering control preferred in the hierarchy of controls, may reduce heavy equipment operators’ silica exposure during demolition, grading, and excavation. We surveyed operating engineer trainers about silica training, familiarity with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) silica standard, and cab filtration systems. A voluntary and anonymous online survey was e-mailed to 437 trainers in January 2018. The response rate was 22.9 percent (n = 100). Most trainers (84 percent) covered health risks and silica exposure prevention in their courses. Of these, 59 percent discussed cab filtration as an engineering control. Trainers identified possible barriers to the use of cab filtration systems and a need for education to increase use, and raised concerns about other exposures associated with heavy equipment use. Education about selection, use, and maintenance of cab filtration systems to control silica exposure is needed. Engineering improvements to heavy equipment should address cab filtration, noise, heat, and vibration.

scholarly journals Analiza porównawcza poziomu i struktury wydatków na działalność prewencyjną w zakresie bezpieczeństwa i higieny pracy ponoszonych przez przedsiębiorstwa przemysłu spożywczego w województwie łódzkim

2017 ◽  
pp. 151-163
Author(s):  
Anetta Zielińska
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Spending ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Work Accidents

The article describes the level and structure of company’s expenditures attributed to the prevention of the occupational safety and health risks. The survey was conducted on food companies in the Lodz region. The research reveals that over the period of 2008–2012 the number of work accidents increased by about 29% while the prevention-related spending increased by merely 2.5%. This situation must be negatively assessed because the company’s activity in the area of occupational safety and health at a workplace should not be reduced to providing workers with basic resources enabling them to conduct the entrusted activities. The expenditures on prevention programs were too low and ineffective. Moreover, the increase of the occupational safety and health spending did not have any impact on the changes in the number of accidents at a workplace.

scholarly journals Synergetic Modelling of Energy and Resource Efficiency as well as Occupational Safety and Health Risks of Plating Process Chains

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Leiden ◽  
Sebastian Thiede ◽  
Christoph Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Inhalation Exposure ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Exposure Model ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Process Chains ◽  
The Impact

AbstractTo meet the sustainable development goals of the United Nations, the energy and resource efficiency of industrial processes have to increase, and workplaces have to become decent for the involved workers. Plating process chains are typically associated with high energy and resource demand and the use of hazardous chemicals. For the analysis and improvement of the energy and resource efficiency as well as for modelling the occupational safety and health risks, a variety of separate approaches are available. Combined approaches are not available yet. An agent-based simulation is used as the basis for integrated energy and resource as well as occupational safety and health risk assessment. In particular, an energy and resource flow model provides the life cycle inventory data for an environmental assessment. The integration of a mechanistic inhalation exposure model through a surrogate model approach enables a combined synergetic consideration of environmental and occupational safety and health effects. A simulation case study shows the impact of chrome acid changes in chrome electroplating processes as well as the effect of different rinsing cascade settings and rinsing control strategies.

Occupational Safety And Health Among Immigrant, Latino/a Dairy Workers In Colorado

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren M. Menger ◽  
Florencia Pezzutti ◽  
Andrew Ogle ◽  
Flor Amaya ◽  
John Rosecrance ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Dairy Workers
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